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DICKEY (Late Clinical Assistan at Royal London Ophthaimic Hospital, Moorfields, and Central London Throat and Ear Hospitai’) SPECIALIST—Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. OrFrick—Cemercn Block ESIDENCE— Water Street opp Hotel Davies ce Hovrs—9Wam.to lpm, 2to4pm Evenings by appointmen' Eye Testea and Fitied With Glasses | vised for the ure #, personal he might have saved himself,” | remarked Mr. Birch, “but 1 have told | m thatI shall always give him an eye | + for an eye aod a tocth for atooth.” The! hon. gen:leman’s pext charge was that ' the Conservatives took “8200000 from | ’ } ‘ ‘ ; Saw |} capttal.” the Conservatives do not dens } + ° ¥ >) } 1 truss Dy return mali. S | Tt serie asnettet thei teae : _ : , Sinuate that there was Indian blood ia y +: oie Wetmore Silver Truss §| perf ‘tinstru- @} THE DAILS EXA MINER, CHARYOTTETOWN JUNE 11 1rg00., PROVINCIAL LEGISLATURE. (Continued fr-m page 2.) [Lesame hon. gentleman eaid further | that there was “nothing in it but a piec> ot birch bark.” “I dare aay, “added Mr. Birch,” thatthe hor. gentleman’s ac juaintance with birch bark is much greater (han mine. I have nodoubt but the birch bark canoe as it glided noiselessly | lown the Hillsboro propelled by an ashen paddle, and the birch bark wigwam that | graces the hillside, are much more fam: | iar to the bon. gentleman’s friends than they are to mine, Mr. Peters rose to a point of order and eaid that if the hon. member meant to in- him be was mistaken, There was no} Indian blood in him. “Ifthe hon. genleman had not been so! it. Butif they took that amount they | wereabiy aesisted by the Liberals of the} Legisiative Council. At that time, said | Mr. Birch, there was another branch of | s Legislature, and ajl measures had to/ pass that branch as well as this one, and to become law it was just as necessary for & measure to pass the Legislative Coun- cil as it was to pass | the House of Assemb'y. At that time the Council was composed of ten Liberals and three Con- | servativee, and if it were not for the as-! sistance of the Liberal Councillors the money could not have been drawn. sat what did the Conservatives do? They, by the able manner in which they have al-~ ways managed the affairs of state, were successful in placing to our credit at Otta- Wa an additional eubsidy of $20,000 year for all time to come. The hon, member from St. Peter’s eaye they came into power to “economize andtc make both ends meet.” Yes, and this is how they economized: In the year 1893 they | spent on the roads alone $42,971 42, or! oniy $27,971.42, more than the total! vote of the House for that service. There was epent that year in Queen’s County $16,- 82151. Will the hon. gentleman tell this House why such au exiraordinary expen- diture took place in Fort Augustus ? | The Supervisor of District No. 8 epent $3,521.54. Was this an honest expenditure? Were their ruads so bad in that district that they required about one-fourth of the total rote for the Island? Or was this an election year? When the hon. gentleman talks about deficits one would think they were Strangers to them. The gentlemen on that side of the House look upon them as & horrible nightmare ever since they pro- mieed the people of this Island that they would make ends meet. For the infor mation of the bon. geutleman whose memory seems bad he (Mr. Birch) gavea list of the deficits since these economical gentlemen came into power :— LSD I coccecee seccesccccese seen § S0,469 20 PEM» <0 Sagiibtpes «00's o ncecens 37,651 29 BDF icccccessccccsccces eoocce §=6LISZIG SR BBO 4 .cesce cvocveece oo be eecscee 20,164 21 Sinks cnbenes agpebe opie os 32,682 80 SP necreten 00 o ceutanpens oo 06 14,135 65 ey: JIRA Bibepcceerccsee cocces 33,201 65 B9OG.... csv eve Bitte oo once eons 25,516 77 Spe 8.5 « 0.0 acencnese eseenenes 36,915 03 $355,102 93 Or the total sum of $355,102.93 in deficit for nipe years. Tnis is @ pretty wnd showing for men who came into power to make ends meet. And then these men promised us that the day ef taxation wa far off. The Premier in 1893 said tha he could not see that day with the mo- powerful telescope he could procure. Ba alas for their electioneering pledges; they were like pie crust. made only to he broken. [In the year 1894, regardles~ o' wwe we Mens Straw Hats. Finest and iargest stock we ever impo ted, Latest styles in nobby goods—neatly trimmed, Take fa Glance at our Window. It will satisfy you that we have the proper up-to-date styles and the fine-t in the city at reasonable prices, quality considered, Kindly Give us a call For your STRAW HAT—we can please you, Oys Straws-—2OUc to $1 each. Mens Straws—25c to$2.20 each. Childrens Galateas—all prices. WEEKS & CO. THE ?EOPLE’S STORE. i funds which helped them. | Spectacle sum. But upon investigation | Scotia $8.24, Quebec $23.00, Ontario just a mass of mud. Then those men tel! their most solemn declarations to the cOntrary, a tax act Was imposed on the | people by which these gentlemen have peo} ) taken out of the pockets of the people the sum of $284,143.66 10 B8IX years, What reliance are weto place on the declarations ef such men? Then they say Goverament got re- To hear those men you would tnink they never got any such thing asa refund, and that it was almost criminal to look after the best in teresis ofthe Island. And while they con demn the Conservatives for getting re-~ funds they deny that they got any. What are the facts ? the meousery ative They got iu the year,— NWUE bt 6b oocssgacces socssicccemen tee 68 Sg ee 6,693 20 3,229 93 | 11.843 16 LRYS OV .ccece “eee teeter (PPR EEE Bee S Gis bo ked S cdcee kewens 3,500 00 ee «@ 26.555 29 | This shows that in order t» be correct | i we - featigate fo urselyes and Ci : i x miuect investigate f<« on elves 7 no | time. Surely we have been | take t > gt > @ a Hf 22 y 2 Pn. | fake the statements of these gentlemen Had th Then they say that the debtof the pro- vince amounts to $590,000, a very res we find it much larger than that. The ttatements as shown in the Public Ac~ counts are as follows: Due banks ...... DebentuPes 26..0cccce ceccce voces ve ccees $136 756 77 WRIT TUR.. .ccccdccne « . 160°464 89 | x Teachers salary ....... 28,599 08 Balance on contracts ...... soo.e Saeee | ee When the Conservatives were in power the debt was a little over $1.00 per head; but now we find those men have increased it toover $5.00 per head of our popula~ tion. The Leader said that we were the highest taxed people in the world, and cited New Branswick with $8.53, Nova $28 :6. His ambition seems to eclip-e these provinces, and he would accomplish it if he keeps going at his present pace. Now how do we compare with those pro- vinces named in regard to resources ? Where are our minerals? Where are our coal deposits? Where are our gold mines? We have no natural wealth to fall back upon, enly, like the cat, one trick, direct taxation. Then we are told that we have thirty-two road machines which are a very great factor in giving us good roads. Well, be (Mr. Birch) watched closely the operations of \bose read machines and was fully convinced that they ere an injary rather than a benefit to our roads. We fiad that where they bave been operated on our roads that is just the place they are in the worst condition. Those road machines cut the brow of the road away, throw it in the centre, then those sods are covered with looze clay, and when driven over leaves the roade full of ruts. When th? rainy season comes On the roads are us bow grateful ibe people of this Island Ought to be so the present Liberal Govern~ ment at Ottawa for, the Murray Harbor and Belfast Railway. They forget to tell the people of this country that in 1896 John Haggart, Minister of Railways and Canals, passed a resulution committing the Government of the Dominion to the construction Gf not only 60 miles of rail- way but 105 miles as follows :— Miles. Sumtuerside northward... ...... 3 Emerald northward...e....... 2. . 00s 7 North Wiltshire Station South ..... 10 Royal y Junction northerly... .... 9 Southport suuth eastwardly ....... 60 Harmony enastward........ ebeeeds sie O’Leary Station westward........ 8 One hundred and five miles in all. Those gentlemen did it in a business-like way. An estimate was medeof the total cost, $1,088,000, and he firmly believed that ifthe Conservative Government had been returned to power the lines above enumerated would have been in operation before thie. Thev would not do as the present Government has done—call for tendere for 11? miles, turn the first sod and appsreatiy go no further. He would ask those von. gentlemen. how it 6 tha. the contractor bas discontinued the work? Will there be another demonstration to turn the sod back. Thus the Island has lost 45 milee of railway by the misfortuae of returning the Liberals to power. He would like to ack the Leader of the Government if the report is true that ie in circulation that the bridge we areto get across the Hille~ boro is the old iron bridge which now epans the Mirimachi River and which the Minister of Railways and Canals has dis- covered is tou weak forthe large engines of the 1.C.R.? Isthis the rearon the Leader is unable to table the specification; There appears to be a myetery surround- ing it which no supporter of the Govern- ment wil] rise to explain that a bridge of euch magnitude is to be constructed with- out a specification, is beyond apprehension. The hon. gentlenian says that “they teke no stock in bye-elections.” Well, that is a fact ; up to the present time they have not. But the electors have been taking stock of them. They have weighed them in the balance and found them wanting. Out of the four bye-elections the people have refused to have those men reign over them. Is it nota fact that every device and artifice known to political schemers bas been used bythe Government? They even had Sir Louis H. Davies brought in to service and what becould do with elcquence threats and intimidation was done. But the yoice of the tempter was not heard, and Summerside, Tignieb, Murray Harbor and Belfast returned opponents of the government. The hon. Gentleman has said that the Conservatives when in power paidthe banks 6 and 7 per cent. interest on overdrafts, but when they came into they are paying 6 or 7 per cent? Ac- cording tO @ staiement called tor by th: Oj; postion they bad an overdratt of over $159,000, which is an alarming state of | affairs when they pot tne balf-vearly | Suberdy 1h January, and proves cou j CLUSI VE ly thee \lravagance of those men, | ; terms Of Ofty thousand dollars a year; ws got one huadred and seventy jturee thousand doila-s for wharve and piers and an addiionul eubsidy | ability they might not have bad eo man y i fruitless missions to their credit. T'he me | lic ' lof $5,800, h t . 169,969 70 | Of $9,900, he changed his mind. Debentures, P WC........... . 35,497 60 | What reliance is to be placed on this state power they issued debentures which they only paid four per cent. intereet on. i gentiemen why they do not issue deben - | They stay the Conservatives were @ pov Well, if this is a fact the Conservatives | must have had very smai!l overdrafts as their average interes: was onl; about ons $3000.00 per year, and those gentlemen are paylpy Over nineteen thousand dollars & year ID interest. He would ask the bon. ‘ ' ‘ ires 4DG pay off the overdraft that they Have DOW at the banks and for which erameéent cf delegations. He thougut 1} : they Could not pay a higher compliment Lo them than to ag knowiedge that. What boons we conferred on our couutry by ’ ° . Fuch delegations! We got the bette of twenty thousand dollars a year for all successful. ey menof the same Stamp and hon, member for Tignish (Mr. Pineau) gives it 48 his reason for Changing his political creed, that when he cae into this House and looked up tke Puab- Accounts, aud found a surplus ment when it is known by every member that he satin this House and voted with the Government on every question for seven days, before he ever eaw the Public Accounts or they were laid on tne table ? Next he says he was no sooner elected than the Conservatives wanted to get clear of him. Never was a statement further from the irath. They treated him with the utmost confidence and: respect. He never called a2 public meeting to contradict stories circulated in refereace to his allegiance to the Conser- vative party. The only meetings he called was the “ conveners’ meetings,” which meetings he never attended because he left for pastures new before the time ar- rived to hold those meetings, Neither was there a candidate chosen io take his place at the next elections. Al] those statements are miserable aubter- fuges for @ crooked and unmanly course. Mr. Pineau says he bas a number of Jet- ters from Conservative electors approving of the course he bas taken. He (Mr. Birch) defied the hen. gentleman to pro- duce one. He would not pursue’ this matter any further. He would leave Mr. Pineau to the tender mercies of an indig - nant and outraged electorate who will deal with him as he _ deserves In a few short months the noble youths who have gone to the Transvaal and who have won such honor and fame not only for the Ieland but this broad Dominion as well, will be returning to this grand old city of Charlattetown. He could alreavy ec its citizens all alive wending their way to meet them. He could her the straine of martial music, the tap ot the great drum, the roar of artillery, the crash of musketry. He could see the illumination in every window, and the magnificent fire works which illuminate the very beavene. Why is all this for the boys? Because they deserve it On the other hand he could see the hon.gentlemanfreturning to his home after this session is over No anxious crowd is pressing to the station, no martial music 18 playing, the roar of artillery is huehed, the crash of musketry is not heard, no illummation picrees the blackness of the bight, no fireworks illuminate the heavens. The record of this man is dark; he is get- ting hie just deserts. _ te Sr Prrer’s CaTuepraL.—After the festival service in St. Peter’s Cathedral last evening, in connection with the feast- day of Trinity Suncay, the choir preceed- ei tothe sanctuary and sang a Te Deum in thanksgivirg for our late successes in South Africa. The National Asthem was then sting. 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